Popular baby names in New Mexico, 1995

The most popular baby names in New Mexico in 1995 were Ashley for girls (165 babies) and Joshua for boys (229). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,297 babies born in New Mexico in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Mexico in 1995

Names given at least 15 times in New Mexico that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Esperanza: 15 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Chantel: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Shania: 23 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Angelique: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Raquel: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mariah: 112 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Adrianna: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Selina: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elena: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Desiree: 47 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Estevan: 19 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Santiago: 24 babies, 10× the national rate
Angelo: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Marcos: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominic: 82 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Manuel: 71 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ty: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Orlando: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Elias: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Fabian: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Mexico, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Ashley	165	↑1	2
2	Jessica	147	↓1	1
3	Samantha	144	–	4
4	Amanda	130	–	9
5	Sarah	129	–	5
6	Mariah	112	↑1	71
7	Victoria	105	↓1	20
8	Brianna	98	↑13	21
9	Brittany	96	↑3	8
10	Kayla	96	↑9	11
11	Taylor	93	↑6	6
12	Marissa	86	↑2	53
13	Alexis	82	↑7	14
14	Emily	79	↓5	3
15	Alyssa	78	↑9	27
16	Hannah	78	↑12	7
17	Stephanie	78	↓9	16
18	Danielle	77	–	24
19	Elizabeth	76	↓6	10
20	Nicole	76	↓10	19
21	Amber	73	↓10	22
22	Maria	70	↑20	44
23	Miranda	70	↑12	57
24	Jasmine	69	↓8	25
25	Alexandra	63	↑4	26
26	Selena	63	new	91
27	Vanessa	61	↓1	63
28	Megan	60	↓5	13
29	Andrea	59	↓2	55
30	Angelica	59	↑2	>100
31	Rachel	57	↓16	12
32	Rebecca	57	↓1	28
33	Savannah	55	↑11	68
34	Alicia	54	↑14	89
35	Melissa	52	↓1	35
36	Jennifer	51	↓14	18
37	Cheyenne	50	↑12	86
38	Courtney	50	new	17
39	Briana	48	new	74
40	Destiny	48	new	66
41	Natalie	48	new	51
42	Shelby	48	↑5	38
43	Crystal	47	↓5	80
44	Desiree	47	new	>100
45	Michelle	44	↓15	41
46	Jordan	43	↓10	50
47	Lauren	43	↓22	15
48	Sabrina	43	new	95
49	Cassandra	42	↓6	78
50	Abigail	41	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Joshua	229	↑2	5
2	Jacob	210	↑3	4
3	Christopher	207	↓1	3
4	Michael	199	↓3	1
5	Matthew	195	↑2	2
6	Anthony	167	↑2	19
7	Andrew	164	↑2	11
8	Brandon	161	↓4	8
9	Daniel	161	↓3	9
10	Ryan	148	↑2	15
11	Joseph	145	↓1	12
12	David	139	↓1	16
13	Tyler	138	↑1	6
14	Justin	126	↑2	18
15	Zachary	122	↑2	14
16	Robert	117	↑3	22
17	Nicholas	112	↑1	7
18	Jonathan	111	↑2	23
19	John	108	↑3	13
20	Jose	108	↓5	35
21	Aaron	104	–	30
22	Austin	104	↑3	10
23	Alexander	103	↑3	21
24	James	103	↓11	17
25	Kyle	97	↓2	24
26	Cody	92	↑2	26
27	Christian	91	↑9	28
28	Isaac	90	↑13	98
29	Eric	88	↑1	32
30	Juan	88	↑1	50
31	Dominic	82	↑2	>100
32	Jesus	81	↑12	76
33	Isaiah	80	new	>100
34	Nathan	80	↑5	39
35	Gabriel	78	↓11	65
36	Samuel	77	↑12	33
37	Benjamin	75	new	31
38	Luis	74	↑9	59
39	Steven	74	↓5	37
40	William	74	↓11	20
41	Adrian	73	↓9	96
42	Kevin	72	↓15	25
43	Manuel	71	new	>100
44	Carlos	70	↓4	68
45	Dylan	63	↑4	34
46	Jordan	60	↓8	29
47	Patrick	57	↓5	43
48	Adam	56	↓13	38
49	Jason	56	new	41
50	Jeremy	56	↓13	48

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